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Everyone experiences emotions. It is not anything new. To say that no one faces emotions is wrong (unless you have alexithymia).
We all experience emotions, be it happiness, sadness or anger.
Women are often labelled the emotional gender. Crying is often associated to women. Pop culture always portrays women as the emotional types who always cry at the drop of the hat which portrays the stereotype that women are more emotional than men.
This often leads to misconceptions about women and their capability in their work life. Some people might not want to have a woman as their boss because they fear she might be too emotional. Actually, it shows that women perform better in their work life because they think with their emotions and thus make great decisions.
Men on the other hand are considered superior and better than women. In work life, many prefer men because they aren’t emotional. Ironically, men are known to be more emotional than women (they show their emotions through anger)
Just because they do not show you their emotions doesn’t mean that they aren’t emotional.
Men are known to suppress their emotions. They think any man who shows his emotions is weak. So, they hide their emotions because they do not want to be known as weak people. When you bottle up your emotions, life becomes harder and you can’t face the simplest of situations unless you address your emotions.
We need to understand that it’s okay to cry. Emotions are normal. If only we stopped associating emotions with weakness, the stigma around emotions would be less.